FrontPage Pixel Pickle

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Friends, I used FrontPage 2002 to create our WebPage
(wideopenwest.com/~benandrenee) using 1024 x 768 pixels.
As a result, people who access our WebPage with different
quantity of pixels (800x600 for example) see the words
overlapping the various pictures.

What do I have to do to make my WebPage work for all
screens? Access the WebPage above to understand my
dilemma (unless our pixels are like).
 
This is a nasty dilmemna for all of us:

The easiest is to simply go for LCD (least common denominator) and design
for that size. There are some visual tricks you can do, like centering a
table, to make it look better at higher resolutions. This is the most
frequently used method.

Second, is to design for different resolutions and test the user's browser.
All NetScape users end up with the LCD, as they do not report the
resolutions. As IE controls most of the Internet now, it is not a major
problem. This is more time consuming, but allows you to really tweak the
look for different browser resolutions.

Another option (not for old browsers) is CSS (cascading style sheets) for
all elements and allowing it to size for the browser resolution. This is
nice, but you may end up with images larger than you like.

For true position, et al, you end up using Flash or PDF, which is not my
favorite option.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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ben,
Use tables to lay out your pages. Set the tables to 100% and then place other
tables inside those tables to further define your page look and feel. It's
called nesting tables.
I see from looking at your code that you're using the spacebar and lots of
absolute positioning to make your layout. Until you've really mastered web
design, don't use absolute positioning; use tables. And NEVER EVER use the
spacebar to position anything.

After you get comfortable with tables, make the jump to learning CSS. In about
3 years, everything will be CSS or newer.

Tim


Friends, I used FrontPage 2002 to create our WebPage
(wideopenwest.com/~benandrenee) using 1024 x 768 pixels.
As a result, people who access our WebPage with different
quantity of pixels (800x600 for example) see the words
overlapping the various pictures.

What do I have to do to make my WebPage work for all
screens? Access the WebPage above to understand my
dilemma (unless our pixels are like).
 
ben said:
Friends, I used FrontPage 2002 to create our WebPage
(wideopenwest.com/~benandrenee) using 1024 x 768 pixels.
As a result, people who access our WebPage with different
quantity of pixels (800x600 for example) see the words
overlapping the various pictures.

What do I have to do to make my WebPage work for all
screens? Access the WebPage above to understand my
dilemma (unless our pixels are like).
Click to expand...

Yes I see what you mean.

The best way to fix is to put your page layout in tables (with zero size borders)
and put the pictures in separate cell from your text....and use percent (%) size
instead of specific pixel size when specifying dimensions of the tables and
cells.

I use 800x600 FYI.

I believe that Frontpage has templates to this effect that have pre-set basic
layouts......that you can then replace with your content......they may not be
what you want exactly, but they are of course able to be modified.
Find the templates under "FILE" where you open a new page, it should be under
"Page Templates" somewhere there.
 
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